Nomotexnia; Cestacavoir, un description del common leys dangleterre solonque les rules del art

Finch, Henry, Sir, 1588-1625

London : printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers (Society), 1613.

Early English common law. [6], 22, [9], 23-149, [1] leaves.  Bound in early 20th century cloth.  Engraved title.  Old dampstaining. Bar Association of New York stamp on title.  Printed in Anglo-French (law French). Nomotexnia "consists of four books. The first" is devoted to "jurisprudence, and is mainly devoted to expounding the distinction between natural and 'positive' law. It is learnedly written, Plato and Cicero being frequently cited. The second book deals with the common law, customs, prerogative, and statute law; the third with procedure, and the fourth with special jurisdictions, e.g. those of the admiral and the bishop….  As an exposition of the common law, Finch's Law, as it was called, was only superseded by Blackstone's 'Commentaries,' so far as it dealt with jurisprudence only by the great work of Austin. "  Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 19, Finch, Henry (d.1625), pp. 12-13. Refs: STC 10870; ESTC S121340.